Fast and accurate single-island charge pump: implementation of a cooper pair pump

We introduce a Cooper pair "sluice" for the implementation of a frequency-locked current source. The device consists of two mesoscopic SQUIDs and of a single superconducting island with a gate. We demonstrate theoretically that it is possible to obtain a current as high as 0.1 nA at better...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2003-10, Vol.91 (17), p.177003-177003, Article 177003
Hauptverfasser: Niskanen, Antti O, Pekola, Jukka P, Seppä, Heikki
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We introduce a Cooper pair "sluice" for the implementation of a frequency-locked current source. The device consists of two mesoscopic SQUIDs and of a single superconducting island with a gate. We demonstrate theoretically that it is possible to obtain a current as high as 0.1 nA at better than ppm accuracy via periodically modulating both the gate charge and the effective Josephson coupling. We find that the device is tolerant against background charge noise and operates well even in a dissipative environment. The effect of the imperfect suppression of the Josephson coupling and the finite operating frequency are also investigated.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.91.177003